Geojin Port

Korean name: 거진항

Gangwon

Geojin Port in Goseong, Gangwon, is a fishing port growing as a forward base for northern East Sea fisheries, known as a pollack area with varied local dishes.

About

Geojin Port is a Class 2 port designated by the Ministry of Construction, located north of the 38th parallel. Because it lay in a frontline area, it was long regarded as a remote fishing village.

After Geojin-myeon was upgraded to a town (eup) in 1973, modern high-rise buildings appeared around the port, and it has been growing as a commercial town and a forward base for fisheries in the northern East Sea.

Clouds from the Taebaek mountain range surround the coast, and the port has long developed as a naturally favorable fishing harbor. It is a main pollack-producing area with many local specialties, such as myeongtae seogeori, made with fresh pollack gills and radish strips, and myeongran sikhae, made with sticky millet.